Will a protein skimmer filter out the binded phosphatec
Water change, feed less, carbon and GFO especially help, skimmer, more flow which will keep decaying particles from sitting and if running a sock will catch them so you can clean it out.
Somewhat, but no enough to make a difference. You need a 10 micron sock, a 50 being the highest. We normally use 100 or 200 micron socks, lanthanum is a lot smaller hence needing a finer sock. It will fill up fast, so buy a few and get ready to clean them.
Yes to skimmer and or 5 micron sock for a day or 2.
Sorry. Im using the hanna ulr phosphate checked. It measures in ppb!
Have you dosed any aminos or anything else that would cause either no3 or po4 to change, in either direction? A fluctuation in no3 could change your po4 levels too.
Only thing i dose is calcium and alkalinity and Vibrant. Trying to get my phosphates down because i think it is slowing down my coralline growth. I have 0 nitrites and very very little nitrates. No Amonia. PH is at about 8.2
If you bring your nitrate up, your phosphate will naturally go down. You can either dose nitrate or lower your nitrate export, if you have any. With zero nitrate, starting out with fairly low phosphate level (if if I read it right, at 15ppb), your numbers should balance out without any extra export methods at all. I had nitrates that registered the lowest level on the Salifert test kit (I think 2.5 PPM) and high phosphates @.1. After I started dosing nitrate, my levels balanced out around .03 / 5-10.
If you want good corralline growth, look into dosing kalk. I use it to raise my ph from my calcium reactor and my rocks have never been so purple. I think it's a combo of the cal / alk and extra ph buffer that probably cause this.
I was thinking about trying kalkwasser. I have a 4 gallon top off i was thinkinging about using to dose. Although i need to read up on proper dosing amounts. Im new to all of this. Thank you for your help! Much appreciated!
Interesting. Thought it was the opposite. Thought they hated phosphates and nitrates.
My nitrate 3 to 5 ppm, phosphates 0.1 to 0.2 or higher. Coralline thick on rocks and tank walls.
What is your lighting like? I have a radion xr15 blue gen 5. Is it true coralline likes more blues in the lighting? I run from 7:30am-9:30pm
Kessil ap700 on 4th bluest, brs reccomendation. 75% intensity from 9 to 6 with 1 hour ramp on either side.
